. Latter-day Saint biographical encyclopedia : a compilation of biographical sketches of prominent men and women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. was ap-pointed by Judge Tillman D. JohnsonConciliation Commissioner for IronCounty, Utah. One year later hisjurisdiction was extended to embraceBeaver, Iron and Washington the Church set up its SocialSecurity Plan in 1936, and stakeswere grouped into Regional units,President Palmer was selected as thefirst regional executive chairman forthe St. George Region, embracing theKanab, Zion Park, St. George, Moapaand Parowan
. Latter-day Saint biographical encyclopedia : a compilation of biographical sketches of prominent men and women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. was ap-pointed by Judge Tillman D. JohnsonConciliation Commissioner for IronCounty, Utah. One year later hisjurisdiction was extended to embraceBeaver, Iron and Washington the Church set up its SocialSecurity Plan in 1936, and stakeswere grouped into Regional units,President Palmer was selected as thefirst regional executive chairman forthe St. George Region, embracing theKanab, Zion Park, St. George, Moapaand Parowan Stakes. He is now(1936) active in this work. On May7, 1901, he married Kate Vilate Isom,(daughter of George Isom and AliceParker), who was born January 23, 1878, at Virgin, Washington Co.,Utah. This union has been blessedwith eight children, namely, Alice,George, William I., Vilate, Elizabeth,Eugene, Richard I., and Rodney. PETERSON, Elwood Lynn, fourthBishop of Lakeside Ward, SnowflakeStake, was born Nov. 2, 1908, at Lake-side, Navajo Co., Arizona, a son ofJoseph Peterson and Amanda MelvinaAndelin. He was baptized Nov. 3,1916, by Don C. Smith and ordained. an Elder Nov. 11, IJ^S, by his was ordained a Seventy Aug. 23,1930, by Joseph F. Smith, jun., and aHigh Priest and Bishop, May 9, 1931,by Apostle George F. Richards, onwhich occasion he was set apart to pre-side over the Lakeside Ward. had previously served ascounselor in a Deacons Quorum, super-intendent of Sunday School, scoutmaster and ward teacher. He grad-uated from the grammar school atLakeside and from the Union HighSchool at Snowflake, Arizona, andwhile in the latter school acted aspresident of the student class in hissophomore year, as standard bearerin his junior year and as the classpresident again in his senior also was graduated from theL. D. S. Seminary in Snowflake in BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 159 1927. He attended the Utah StateAgricultural College for a year, butdue to ill hea
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